EyeEase20 Get it on the Mac App Store

For Mac · Lives in your menu bar

Give your eyes a break

Every 20 minutes, EyeEase20 reminds you to look at something 20 feet (6 meters) away for 20 seconds, with a quick eye exercise to guide you.

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The EyeEase20 break window: Time for a break, with an eye exercise and a 20-second countdown

The 20-20-20 rule, made effortless

Hours of close-up screen time tire your eyes, and you blink less. Short, regular breaks to look into the distance are a simple habit that helps reduce eye strain. EyeEase20 makes sure you actually take them.

  1. 20minutes

    Keep working. A ring in the menu bar empties as your next break approaches.

  2. 20feet away

    Look at something across the room, or out the window.

  3. 20seconds

    Follow a quick eye exercise, a different one every break.

A heads-up, never mid‑sentence

A small note appears 30 seconds before each break, with 5 More Min or Skip. Finish your thought, then look away.

Need more time once the break is up? Put it off from the break window without skipping it.

Heads-up note: Break in 24s, with 5 More Min and Skip buttons

Your next break, at a glance

See your next and last break and today's count right from the menu bar. Take a break now (⌘B), skip the next one (⌘S), or snooze from 15 minutes up to tomorrow morning.

Snooze keeps running through sleep and restarts.

The EyeEase20 menu showing next break, last break, and today's breaks

Stays quiet when you're busy

Smart Pause holds reminders while you're on a call, while videos or music play, during Do Not Disturb and Focus, and when you step away from your Mac.

A break that comes due while you're busy simply waits, and arrives once you're free. Set active hours, and EyeEase20 only reminds you when you want it to.

Smart Pause settings: pause while media is playing, during calls, during Focus, and when away

Stand up and stretch

Optionally turn a regular break into a 3, 5 or 10-minute long break every one to two hours. Stand up, walk around, look out a window.

Long break window: Time for a long break, stand up, stretch and walk around

Make it yours

  • Your rhythm

    Remind every 20, 25 or 30 minutes, with breaks of 15, 20 or 25 seconds.

  • Dims every display

    Background dimming covers all connected screens, so the break has your full attention.

  • Sound, your way

    A countdown voice or a chime, at the volume you choose.

  • Break stats

    Today's breaks in the menu, and your last 7 days in Settings.

  • Gentle or direct

    Go straight into the break, or add a "Get ready" countdown and a "Well done" message.

  • Set up in a minute

    A short wizard walks you through every option on first launch.

Private by design

No accounts, no tracking. Your settings and break history never leave your Mac.

Take better care of your eyes, one short break at a time.

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